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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:36:33 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: cmdrsmoothhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137870
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:34:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137870Have to start ejecting players for those type of hits. Use instant replay to confirm ejections from games so there is no controversy .
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:52:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137823If you get drilled in the chest like that isn’t your head going to snap forward? Stafford’s face mask struck Watt’s helmet due to the chest being impacted.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:29:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137633If that is a penalty ( I agree with the guys that say look at the photo) then I guess defenders should remove their heads before making a tackle.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:54:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137581Okay with that not being a penalty, but, if that was the Lions I’m almost certain the yellow flag would have come out and the drive would have continued.
]]>By: weaselpuppyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137580
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:54:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137580In the same quarter the refs also missed Watt hitting Stafford helmet to helmet from behind when Stafford was sliding down giving himself up after a running play…if he had hit from from the front, it’d bee a fine and a penalty and maybe an ejection…instead?? NOTHING….the refs were horrible terribly craptastic….the punt/fumble they reviewed and still missed, these two helmet hits, a few egregious holdings and the whopper of them all, the national embarrassment of a missed call on the 8 yard run by Forsett…..unbelievable…..why watch the NFL anymore? It’s unwatchable between the Byzantine rules and criminal officiating
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:44:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137564Look at the picture you posted – definition of legal
]]>By: texan112http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137558
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:41:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137558If they are gonna fine a great clean defensive player on an accident then they need to fine half of the dirty cheating scumbags for punching players and kicking our QUARTERBACK in the nuts! This is ridiculous to get him and not them too
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:34:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137544as someone who appreciates and has played the game, they should be allowed to play it (sic; football).I’m not saying break necks, but don’t make defensive players second class citizens. They have families too.
]]>By: somuchintheworldhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137479
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:03:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137479Might as well fine anyone on defense with a large head because its bound to touch a player somewhere illegally.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:56:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137464eye for an eye.

Bulls on Parade.

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:49:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137449Did Watt lead with the crown of the helmet? No. Did Watt slap Stafford’s head? No. Did Watt go for Stafford’s knees? No. So, apparently the only way to hit a QB anymore is to stop, ask the ref’s permission to hit the QB, and hit the QB precisely in the numbers. This is ridiculous.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:20:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137393dalucks yea Stafford thought – while trying to connect a pass “i know I will lower my head while watt is tackling me and maybe get a penalty despite the fact I could have a concussion afterwards” I hope you were joking about your statement. there should have been a penalty on that play I’m not biased, it was a shot to the head. you should be in control of your body at all times
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:54:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137355How bad did the Lions get jobbed by the refs in that game? Where the replacement refs went wrong and why they are all out of work right now, is that they did not make sure the teams that were supposed to win did. Coin Flip call there and it was not called. Guy is down and gets up and runs for a touchdown and it is not called. Jobbed.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:29:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137295I’m a lions fan and I don’t think it was a foul. That being said I also come from watching 80’s football when fans and players were REAL men no whining allowed. Stafford would have played great during that time. You don’t see him complaining. It’s football. This generation is SOFT…
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:22:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137277Look at the freaking picture. It’s facemask to the chest. Good God, this is ridiculous.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:10:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137201maybe the league needs to expand the officiating crews to maybe 8 – 10? just a thought
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:07:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137180That wasn’t anything wrong with that hit. These fines and penalties are getting worst every week. You can’t even touch the QB without getting a flag.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:06:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137178Watt says, bill me.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:02:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137151Nick Perry was fined for a hit when his helmet was nowhere near Luck’s Head…

]]>By: daluckshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137078
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:43:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137078The media has made the quarterback position the most sensitive and softest position in sports. Quarterbacks want all of the fame with none of the blame.
If quarterbacks do not want to get hit then they should grab some poms poms and wear panties under their skirts like the other cheerleaders.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:42:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137075I don’t see how they continually fine players for things they are not in 100% control of.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:40:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137070Your viewpoint is totally different than most Texan fans. I saw JJ Watt with a fundamentally sound tackle and Matt Stafford lowered his chin into the helmet of JJ Watt in a effort to draw a penalty on the Texans. The officials did a great job of not falling for the flop by Matt Stafford.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:36:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137060Am I the only one who thinks this is getting ridiculous? I get the penalty thing; I don’t like it, but I get it. But fining a guy for an unintentional helmet-to-helmet contact? It’s absurd. If we’re truly reached this point, then I would say there’s a problem with the game, not the player.

If football is really so dangerous that even an inadvertent contact like this is worthy of a fine, then why don’t we just *go* there and completely revisit how the game is played. Shoot, we’re halfway there already, with the way these rules are intended to modify on-field play anyway. Maybe professional football should morph into something vaguely resembling women’s lacrosse or something.

“The fix is in. GODdell has predetermined that the Texans will win the Super Bowl.”

Riiiiight. What’s your proof, genius?

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:27:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137031That entire game was missed/bad calls. If players are held accountable so should the refs. Who here can mess up his/her job several times in front of the people paying them and not be fired? It’s weird that the more they try to “protect the shield” the worse it gets.
]]>By: b1gwinhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137029
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:26:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137029Fact is that this 7 man officiating crew should immediately be taken from consideration for playoff work as punishment for their lack of work done on Thursday. Yes Schwartz is an idiot…..but he truly shouldve never been in that position to throw the challenge flag. 7 guys should never miss a guy laying prone on the ground no matter how quickly he bounces up.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:23:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137018The fix is in. GODdell has predetermined that the Texans will win the Super Bowl.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:22:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137015I swear the Lions get picked on by the refs.
]]>By: jimmylionshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/25/watt-could-be-facing-fine-should-have-been-flagged-for-stafford-hit/#comment-2137012
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:21:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2137012I’m thinking the no call was the right call, and this “slide up” rule needs to be ditched. It was a clean hit. Watt nailed Stafford in the chest. The intent of the rule is to put an end to head hunting, and Watt wasn’t headhunting.
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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:16:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1551721#comment-2136998the quality of the officiating in the league today is substandard at best
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